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Market Wrap - PM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2012
... but we're not seeing overly excessive losses," he said. US stocks sank in the second day of losses after President Barack Obama's re-election victory, trimming another one per cent after Wednesday's huge rout. At the closing bell the Dow Jones Industrial ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2012
... down 32 points, or 0.71 per cent, at 4,502.2. NEW YORK - US stocks sank in the second day of losses after President Barack Obama's re-election victory, trimming another one per cent after Wednesday's huge rout. At the closing bell the Dow Jones Industrial ...

Market Wrap - PM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 8 NOV 2012
... effort. Mr Heffernan said he believed overseas markets had over-reacted to the US election result, in which President Barack Obama won a second term and the Republicans retained control the House of Representatives. "I think you will probably see a bounce ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 8 NOV 2012
The Australian market looks set to open lower after Wall Street tumbled following US President Barack Obama's re-election, with investors now seeing a tough battle with Republicans over a looming "fiscal cliff". At 0630 AEDT on Thursday, the December ...

Market Wrap - PM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 NOV 2012
... the economy," Mr Shamu said. US stocks closed with solid gains as the country went to the polls to choose between Barack Obama and Mitt Romney for president, with the economy the key issue in the tight election. The Dow Jones Industrial Average added ...

Market wrap early AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 NOV 2012
... cent, at 4,503.8. NEW YORK - US stocks closed with solid gains as the country goes to the polls to choose between Barack Obama and Mitt Romney for president, with the economy the key issue in the tight election. The Dow Jones Industrial Average added ...

Market Wrap early AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 6 NOV 2012
... per cent, at 4,493.6. NEW YORK - US stocks opened mostly lower on the eve of the presidential vote, with President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney locked neck-and-neck in the race for the White House. Five minutes into trade on Monday ...

Market wrap early AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 5 NOV 2012
... per cent, the fact that the economy could pump out 171,000 net new jobs last month was seen as good for President Barack Obama and a negative for challenger Mitt Romney, the Wall Street favourite. The markets also were pulled down by Apple's 3.3 per ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 8 OCT 2012
... 7.8 per cent, down from the previous 8.1 per cent and the lowest level since January 2009, the month that President Barack Obama took office. The data from its establishment survey was less buoyant, showing a modest 114,000 net new jobs produced, but ...

A stock market rally could get Obama over the line

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2012
... from Tom Stevenson, investment director at Fidelity Worldwide Investment, who notes the market odds for incumbent Barack Obama being re-elected are now highly correlated with the performance of the S&P 500. Some theories support the idea of a link between ...